Nauvoo is a tiny city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 927 people and just one neighborhood, Nauvoo is the 688th largest community in Illinois. Nauvoo has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.
Nauvoo is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Nauvoo is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nauvoo who work in management occupations (11.23%), office and administrative support (10.18%), and personal care services (9.12%).
Nauvoo’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Nauvoo has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Nauvoo has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Nauvoo than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Nauvoo may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Nauvoo doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Nauvoo are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.45% of adults in Nauvoo having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Nauvoo in 2022 was $24,065, which is low income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,260 for a family of four. However, Nauvoo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Nauvoo also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.58% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Nauvoo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nauvoo residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Nauvoo include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Nauvoo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Nauvoo, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
If you are planning to retire in Illinois, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Illinois, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 97.7% of neighborhoods in IL. If a Illinois retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 32.8%, which is higher than 95.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 22 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.3% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 38.2% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 1.5% have Swiss ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Nauvoo are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 36.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 36.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.5%), and 9.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Nauvoo, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (18.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.3%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (4.3%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.9%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (75.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (8.6%) and 7.4% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.